VTEC Isolates 2014

Saturday 23rd February 2019

Summary

There were 193 STEC confirmed in 2014 (170 (88.1%) E. coli O157:H7), compared to 215 STEC in 2013 (192 (89.3%) E. coli O157:H7). The DHBs with the highest number of STEC cases were Waikato and Auckland with 38 and 35 cases, respectively.